Backbencher Cllr Daniel Kennelly asked Cllr Ketan Sheth at Full Council if and when the Community and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee would consider the closure of the Northwick Park Hydrotherapy Pool by the local NHS.
Cllr Sheth had listed sickle cell care, urgent care treatment centre at Central Midlesex Hospital and Youth Justice as future agenda items for his Committee but did not mention the Hydrotherapy Pool.
Cllr Sheth thanked Cllr Kennelly for his 'very helpful' questionsand said the issue was 'very much on his radar' and that he would inform the councillor and the chamber when it was on the agenda.
Cllr Paul Lorber (Lib Dem) intervened demanding that the Committee meeting considering the issues should be independently chaired as Cllr Ketan Sheth in a local newspaper article (above) had taken a position that merely 'paraphrased the excuses [for the closure] made by the health service'.
Given the controversy over the closure it is astonishing that it was not already on the Agenda! See below:
Petition Stop the closure of Northwick ParkHydrotherapy Pool - 3,156 verified signtures
Open Letter to Cllr Ketan Sheth: Hydrotherapy Pool closure needs effectivescrutiny
Comment received by email: The Councillor has a Masters in BS!!
ReplyDeleteNOH at Stanmore have been mentioned several times. However we were told by our very efficient and empathetic physios (who had been ringing round trying to find alternatives for their patients) that Stanmore would not have capacity to take us all on!
I am already feeling the effects of not being able to go to the hydrotherapy pool. I have been several times to a swimming pool for Aquaerobics but it is much more strenuous and the colder water means it is not as good for R A sufferers. I am much more achy than I was whilst attending NPH! My Rheumatology Consultant is furious about the closure and the detrimental effect it is having on his patients.
Vote Labour Councillors at the next local elections!
ReplyDeleteThey should be protecting our local NHS services not keeping quiet and accepting the poor decisions made by highly paid NHS Executives who most likely get private healthcare so don't suffer like us residents.
Sorry thst was meant to say Vote Labour OUT at the next local elections - missed out a very important word!!!
DeleteWhy would anyone in Brent vote Labour again?
ReplyDeleteSadly people will because 'their family has always voted Labour'! 😩
ReplyDeleteBenefits of Hydrotherapy:
ReplyDeleteUsing hydrotherapy as part of your physiotherapy treatment can lead to many benefits such as:
Reduced pain
Faster recovery from surgery
Re-education and encouragement of normal movement
Allows standing in those who are unable to weight-bear out of the water – the buoyancy effect of water
Improved walking technique
Improved aerobic fitness levels
Improved balance and coordination
Increased strength of weak muscles
Increased range of movement of your joints
Improved independence and function
Improved circulation
Mobilising and lengthening your muscles
Improve self-confidence
Reduce the fear of falling
A relaxing and calming experience
And yet our NHS trust wants to take this important resource away from us local people!
Colonial decision making
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